Pool, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
38°9′49″N 80°51′51″W / 38.16361°N 80.86417°W / 38.16361; -80.8641726684
Pool is an unincorporated community in southwestern Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along CR 41-7 just east of Route 41, south of the town of Summersville, the county seat of Nicholas County.[1] Its elevation is 2,142 feet (653 m).[2] Although Pool is unincorporated, it has a ZIP code of 26684; it once had its own post office, which opened on March 31, 1881, and closed on March 19, 2011.[3][4] The community took its name from standing pool of water near the original town site.[5]
References
- ^ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 54. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pool, West Virginia Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report], Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-06-06.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. pp. 500–501.
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Municipalities and communities of Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Summersville
communities
- Allingdale
- Bays
- Bentree‡
- Bruce
- Calvin
- Cambria
- Canvas
- Carl
- Coe
- Cottle
- Curtin
- Donald
- Drennen
- Enon
- Gilboa
- Green Valley
- Holcomb
- Hominy Falls
- Hookersville
- Keslers Cross Lanes
- Kirkwood
- Leivasy
- Lockwood
- Morris
- Mt. Lookout
- Mount Nebo
- Muddlety
- Nallen‡
- New Hope
- Odell Town
- Persinger
- Poe
- Pool
- Runa
- Snow Hill
- Swiss
- Tolbert
- Vaughan
- Waggy‡
- Werth
- Woodbine
- Zela
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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